Cuspidor.



W. J. FITTALL & W. E. TAYMAN.

CUSPIDOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1914.

Patented July 20, 1915.

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GUSPIDOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 26, 19915.

Applicationfiled Ju1y31, 1914:. Serial No. 854,303.

United States, residing at Washington, in

the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidors, of which the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a cuspidor which will be clean and sanitary, present a neat and effective appearance and be readily operated, and which, when not in use, will prevent any disagreeable odors arising from the contents of the cuspidor from being distributed through the atmosphere of the room in which the cuspidor may be located.

The invention contemplates, among other features, the provision of a cuspidor which, having a large butneat appearing base, cannot be easily overturned while being operated and which, furthermore, embodies a cover normally closing the body of the cuspidor and which is adapted to be raised by a pressure ofthe foot, the pedal or foot op erating member being soarranged that the foot can be readily slid thereon to accomr plish the desired result.

Still further embodiments of the invention reside in a cuspidor in which, after the cover has been raised and is released to re turn to closed position, will not be returned to closed position with a loud noise, this being obviated by a suitable counterbalance provided to noiselessly return the cover to its closed position.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through the cuspidor, the full lines indicating the closed position of the cover and its component parts and the dotted lines the open position of the cover and its component parts; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the cuspidor; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the support for the operating member; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the counterbalance.

Referring more particularly to the views, we provide a base 10 preferably of a circular construction and which may be suitably de signed to present a neat and artistic appearance, said base supporting a casing 11 in which is removably arranged a receptacle j, 12, a suitably dishedtop 13 provided with an opening 14 being arranged to repose upon a ledge 15 of the casing 11 and have its inner portion extend into the receptacle 7 12 whereby the expectorant, received on the top, can readily flow into the receptacle 12.

A cover 16 is hinged on the casing 11 to normally close the same and thus also close the receptacle 12, said cover having a rear- ;wardly projecting extension 17, to which is pivotally connected a coupling 18 suitably connected with the upper end of a rod 19 and which, extending downwardly in the rear of the casing, has pivotal connection with an operating member 20 in the nature of a lever, said operating member having its outer end passing through a slot 21 in the base 10 and also passingthrough a slot 22 in the base at the front of the cuspidor. Secured to the inner wall of the base at the front is an angular slotted plate 23 having an exterior horizontal portion 2% to which the inner end of the operating member 20 j is pivoted as shown, said exterior portion 2% having a suitable stop member 25 thereon to limit the downward movement of the operating member 20.

An auxiliary casing 26 is secured to the 7 rear of the base and casing 11 to inclose the operating means for the cover, namely, the rod 19, coupling 18 and that portion of the operating member 20 projecting beyond the base 10. Mounted to slide upon the rod 19 is a counterbalance 27 and which includes a sleeve 28 normally bearing upon the free end of the operating member 20 at its point of pivotal connection with the rod 19, said counterbalance 27 and sleeve 28 being also inclosed by the auxiliary casing 26 and passing througha slot 29 in a horizontal bracket 30 projecting from the base 10 to aid in supporting the auxiliary casing 26. The contractile helical spring 31 is secured to the under side" of the casing 11 and has connection with the operating member 20 at substantially its medial portion, said spring normally holding the free end of the oper ating member in its uppermost position, as shown in Fig. 2, and when the cover is in closed position, said spring furthermore operating to swing the cover from an open to a closed position.

Now assuming that the cover is in closed member 20 so that when pressure is brought by the foot upon the portion 32 the free end of the operating member will be'depressed against the action of the spring 31,

thus exerting a pull on the rod 19 and through the medium of the coupling 18 and extension 17 swinging the cover 16 into an open position. Now referring to Fig. 1, it

will be seen that the sleeve 28 of the counterbalance 27 abuts against the free end of the operating member 20 and'when the pressure of the foot is released upon the portion 32 of the operating member 20, the pull exerted by the spring 31 to return the operating member 20 to normal position and thus through the medium of the rod 19 swing the cover 16 into closed position, will be, to a certain extent, overcome by the counterbalance 27 so that an easy and noiseless closing of the cover upon the casing 11 will be insured, and the cover will thus be prevented from slamming back into closed position as is ordinarily the case when a spring is employed to actuate the cover from an open to a closed position with no counterbalance to retard the action of the spring.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the device described is of a simple construction; consists of few parts and will present a neat and effective appearance.

The device also provides a sanitary cuspidor in that the expectorations will be received in the receptacle 12 and which, when the cover 16 has been opened, and the top 13 removed, can be readily removed from the casing 11 by grasping a suitable bail 33 attached to the receptacle 12 and then bodily removing the receptacle from the casing, said bail normally lying within the cover and covered by the top 13 when the device is in use.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

In a cuspidor, the combination with a casing and a base supporting the casing, of a pivoted operating member passing through the base, a cover for the casing, a rod con necting the operating member with the cover for swinging the cover into open position when the operating member is actuated, a spring connecting with the operating member for returning the cover to closed position, and a counterbalance for the said spring, said counterbalance being arranged to slide upon the said .rod and operate against the action of the spring when the operating member is released.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM J. FITTALL. WILLIAM E. TAYMAN.

Witnesses JAMES A. KonHL, JOHN C. RATHBoNE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

